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Add-ons you can't live without? (self.blender)
submitted 2 years ago by penguin_ex_machina to c/blender
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Let's make a list of our favorite add-ons! For me, I always enable these by default:

  • Images as Planes
  • LoopTools
  • Copy Attributes Menu

Then I go out and get my favorite 3rd party add-ons (note, some of these are paid, some are free):

I'm sure there are others but this list is off the top of my head. What do you all use?

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[–] TheNitroZeus 2 points 2 years ago

For my project scenes and workflow- human generator and blender kit have saved me a lot of time for assets for scenes. Both are paid though so you really need to weigh up if it's suitable and meets your goals.

Mixamo and rokoko have helped big time with animations for my characters. Mixamo I believe can be accessed for free (though I have an Adobe account) and rokoko has a blender plugin which is free to download. I use the rokoko plugin to retarget the mixamo animations to my characters rigs.

If anyone is interested I'll send links to the resources & tutorial I used to learn.

If I were to do more animation in future and got into mocap - I'd probably consider investing in rokoko full studio.